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New Brunswick, Canada
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Frederic Gionet retweeted
Small businesses are the heart of our Island communities. They create jobs, sponsor local events, support charities, and make PEI a better place to live.
Today, and every day, let’s show them some love. Shop local. Share local. Say thank you.
Because Local Looks Good on You. ❤️
#SmallBusinessEveryDay #BuyLocal #PEI #ShopLocal
Frederic Gionet retweeted
⚛️ What are small modular reactors and why does Canada want to build them?
Here's what to know ⬇️ nationalpost.com/news/canada…
Frederic Gionet retweeted
🍂 This fall, join us in supporting the local businesses that make our communities unique! From warm drinks and handmade goods to fresh veggies and date-night activities, every dollar spent locally strengthens our neighbourhoods 🍁 #FallInLoveWithLocal #SmallBusinessEveryDay
To put it into perspective…
Comparing GDP/capita growth across OECD countries over the past decade (plus selected aggregates like EU/G7/etc). #cdnecon
Frederic Gionet retweeted
From StatCan this morning, the latest financial data for households in Q4 2024 shows a further decline in debt service costs. 14.4% of disposable income went to debt payments, down from 15.1% at peak and back to late 2017 levels. www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/dail… #cdnecon
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Some preliminary estimates of which U.S. states are most affected by Canada's retaliatory tariffs in response to U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs. #cdnecon
Ouch. $389M deficit = $450 / New Brunswicker
BREAKING: The Holt government is now projecting a $398.9-million deficit for the current fiscal year
That’s more than $300M larger than just three months ago and $450M off the $40.9-M surplus originally budgeted last spring by the previous PC gov't
tj.news/new-brunswick/breaki… #NB
Frederic Gionet retweeted
Provincial Government to remove U.S. products from LCC and limit procurement with U.S. based companies princeedwardisland.ca/en/new… #peinewsrelease
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📊Léger: "Would you or would you not like Canada to become the 51st state of the United States?" (Jan. 2025)
Alberta says No.
The Prairies say No.
Le Québec dit Non.
B.C. says No.
Ontario says No.
Atlantic Canada says No.
And it's not even close. lactualite.com/politique/ces…
Frederic Gionet retweeted
Quick calcs: U.S. tariff is on 80% of #cdnecon exports (not on services), trade-weighted average rate of 15% (25% goods; 10% energy).
If U.S. demand falls in proportion to the tariff (to illustrate), then that's a $160 billion hit ($100b direct + $60b upstream), ~3% of total.
Today, things changed. Canada changed. Heck, I’ve changed. How we reinvent, reinforce ourselves is our epic journey ahead. #canadastrong
Frederic Gionet retweeted
Trump paid a price to persuade Maduro dictatorship to accept repatriated Venezuelan migrants. What? One guess: Trump will try to replace tariffed Canadian oil with de-sanctioned Venezuelan oil. The two products are similar, I'm told. Gulf coast refineries can substitute one for the other.
Frederic Gionet retweeted
“We don’t need tax gimmicks, we need tax reductions and the government unfortunately chose the gimmick."
By @SeanPrevil globalnews.ca/news/10955992/…
Frederic Gionet retweeted
Des entreprises sont excédées par la grève chez Postes Canada, qui dure depuis bientôt trois semaines.
Le reportage de @ValerieMBain au #TJ18h
Frederic Gionet retweeted
Thank you, Minister @CoryDeaglePEI and Deputy Minister Stephanie Corbett, for the insightful and engaging conversation today on the challenges and priorities of PEI's small businesses. Your commitment to supporting entrepreneurs is greatly appreciated! 🙌 #PEI #SmallBusiness
Frederic Gionet retweeted
BREAKING: BIG news for New Brunswick employers
WorkSafeNB is returning $180.6 million back to employers in workers' premiums after the insurance system designed to compensate injured workers suddenly became significantly overfunded
tj.news/new-brunswick/breaki… #NB
Frederic Gionet retweeted
76% of PEI small business want the Confederation Bridge tolls gone. Other federally funded bridges have no tolls. Time to right this wrong, especially with the current ferry situation. cfib-fcei.ca/en/media/pei-sm… #freethebridge
Every season we love to promote that $0.66 of every dollar spent in a local business stays in the community, and encourage everyone to make videos of their small business experiences, like this one. This summer, let's choose local !
#smallbusinesseveryday #Summerofsmall @cfibnews